Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1902)
THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 19ti2. Entered at the Fostofllce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. By Mail (postage prepaid. In Advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month 83 -Dally. Sunday excepted, per year 00 Dally, -with Sunday, per year J5J Sunday, per year ; "J The Weekly, per year 1 e Th Weekly. 3 month 60 To City Subscribers Dally, per iveckt delivered, Sunday excepted-loo Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 30 to 14-page paper...... ....... ...c 14 to 2S-page paper.............. .....-o Foreign rite double. . Kewc or discussion Intended for publication in The Oregoalan ohould be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscriptions or to any business matter ebould be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." Eastern Bnsiness Offlce. 43. 44; 45. 47. 48. 40 Tribune building. New York City; 510-11-12 Tribune building, Chicago; the S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency. Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by U E. Lee. Pal ice Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter street; F. W. Pitts. 1003 Market 8treet; J. X. Cooper Co.. 746 Market street, near the Palace Hotel: Foster & Orear, Ferry news tand; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis street, and N. Wheatley. 813 Mission street. For; sale In Los Ange'es by B. F. Gardner. 259 South Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 803 South Spring street. For sale la Kansas City. Mo., by Rlcksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and "Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. C3 Washington street. For sale in Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co.. 1303 Farnam street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale In Minneapolis by B, G. Hearsey & Co., 24 Third street South. For sale In Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For cale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 900-012 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers, with south to west winds. TEST E RD AY S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 58; minimum temperature, 51: pre cipitation, 0.10 Inch. r PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8. AN OPERATORS' VICTORY. Governor Stone's action In calling out the Pennsylvania militia Is a victory for the operators. He has doubtless taken this step at the President's suggestion, and the President made the suggestion at the instance of the railroad presi dents. Here is where the operators have won an important point in the struggle. They have had the shrewd ness to order their course eo as to put the miners at an obvious disadvantage. It Is a game involving constant alert ness and quick action. Neither the minebwners nor their attorneys are . fools. They have played their hand with consummate skill. President Mitchell stands to lose his pedro. Nobody need doubt for an instant that the operators have figured out the game in just this way: The strike would go on a long time. The operat ors would bring in all the nonunion men and imported foreigners they could get, and what union men could be In duced to desert Attempts to start up would be certain to Invoke clashes be tween union and nonunion crowda Dis order would ensue, peace officers be called out result, more disorder. Every company of armeL men would be sure to aggravate tte Jtterness and des peration of the strikers. Then the noble Christian operators, would say that the only question was one of law versus anarchy, and the State and Federal Governments would be compelled to step In, encourage nonunion and weak kneed union men to go to work, and drive the unions to riot or surrender. That was their cold-blooded game. And it is working out. The question is, How were Mitchell and his cabinet to meet it? Well, in one or both of two ways. In the first place, they could an ticipate and nullify the operators pro , gramme by extending the union oyer the entire body of anthracite miners. Or, In the second place, they could make the unions respect the law and abstain from violence either to mine property or nonunion labor. Either one of these courses, or both together, would have made it Impossible for the operators to play so effective a card as this order of Governor Stone. Mitchell hesitates to ask the miners to go to work, and well he may; for the chances of justice from the operators eventually are very slim. Millions for Schwab and Morgan, but not a cent for labor more than ab solutely necessary. There is one point in the history of every strike where public opinion. In sympathy with the strikers, deserts them. That point is the point of io lence. Up to that boundary line popu lar approval marches cheerfully with organized labor, but once there it sick ens and turns back. Equality before the law. One man is as good as an other. The union man has the right to quit, but the nonunion man has the right to go to work. A union man has no more right to mob a nonunion man s than xa nonunion man has to mob a union man. There is no legal process or moral attainder or logic or argument or evidence In calling a man a scab or a rat because he looks at his interests one way and you look at them another. When a man can get a job and wants It, and his family is- in need, and he takes his dinner pall and goes down to the shop to report for work, and some cowardly ruffian sneaks up and sand bags him or maltreats the family he has left behind, that cowardly ruffian ought to be shot down like a dog. A man . cant throw up his job and hold on to it "at the same time. Any man can throw up his own job. but he can't throw up anj'body else's job. And so there comes a day in the history of every strike when the ways part between violence and order. And if the strikers choose the alternative of violence, they elect to throw away public sympathy. And In that da,y it is ten to one the strike Is lost; and It Is two to one it was lost before the first blow was struck. When there are so many nonunion men re porting for work that It takes terror Ism to keep them away, the unions are far from controlling enough of the labor supply to make the strike effective. It Is a paper blockade. A political uprising is a revolution if It succeeds and a rebellion' if It fails. It Is a good deal so with a strike. If it wins. It Is a grand blow for liberty. If It -fails, it's a crime. When President Mitchell or any other labor leader or ders a strike, he should know where he Btands. He. should know what percent age of the labor supply he can control; he should knpw that if It comes to a crisis his men will refrain from vio lence. It is no use to plead lgnorapee. It is his business to know. It Is his business to find out. That's what he is there for. A man is a fool to bite off more than he can chew. If the anthra cite strike falls now, after all the sac rifices that organized labor has made in its behalf; after all that public opln- ion has done in sympathy with the op pressed miners and in reprobation of the operators; after all the considera tion President Mitchell has received from press and President Roosevelt and public men generally, It will simply show that the miners have bungled their case, either through Inadequate preparation or through Ill-considered resorts to violence. Their cause is just, and if it is not carried .to victory It will be because It is the victim of mismanagement. It taltes a high order of brains to carry on a struggle of this kind with such alert and unscrupulous foes. The labor leaders must know how to play the game. Every false move will cost them dear. They are shrewd plutocrats who think the president of the Miners' Union ought to be a man of about $1000-a-year caliber. MUST NOT BE A COMMON NUISANCE. The automobile, like the bicycle, has evidently come to stay In this country, but the automobile must behave Itself. In Salem, Mass., recently five automo billsts were tried in the First District Court of Essex County and convicted of "scorching." Four were sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and one of them paid a fine of ?35. One of the persons fined was the son of H. C. Frlck, the famous steel operator of Pittsburg,' Pa. Will iam K. Vanderbllt, Jr., has been twice fined for "scorching" with his automo bile at-Newport. R. I., and on the last occasion the Judge, told him that a period of imprisonment should really accompany the fine. H. Victor New comb, formerly president of the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad, Is slowly re covering in New York from Injuries re ceived when he was struck by an auto mobile. Justice Garrettson, in his re cent charge to the grand jurs of Som erset County, New Jersey, referring to a case in which a team of horses became frightened at an automobile going at great speed on a public highway, and as a result of whose fright a woman was killed, instructed the jury that If upon thorough Investigation of the case they found that the automobile had been driven recklessly or negligently at the time of the accident they were to indict its operator for manslaughter. Judge Dixon charged the grand jury of Bergen County, New Jersey, to the same effect in an almost identical case. Judge Dixon held that the mere act of running a motor vehicle at high speed Is sufficient ground for Indicting Its operator on a charge of manslaugh ter If the vehicle happens to frighten a horse and the latter, directly or in directly, causes the death of a person. This ruling Is sound common sense. Judge Dixon holds that excessive speed on the highway makes an automobile a common nuisance. Among other things, Judge Dixon said In substance that public roads are for the common use of all people; that any person who uses these public roads in such a way as to endanger another person's life is guilty of a common nuisance. Bicycles, vehicles and horses have the right of the use of our highways, but they must not endanger the lives of persons on them. The singular thing is that a learned lawyer should be obliged to instruct a grand jury in this way because of the selfish recklessness of automobillsts, who are not Ignorant men, .but wealthy men who presume to break The law be cause they have money "to burn" and can pay the fine. No man thinks of making the public streets a ispeedway for his horse. Why should any man make the public streets a speedway for his bicycle or his automobile? In the great City of Paris every machine must be registered and bear a tag on its front and back, and every operator must take out a license. If the owner has no Individual license, he must have a licensed chauffeur to run his car. Per mits are Issued only after a rigid ex amination Into the competency of the operator. No automobile Is allowed to stand without an occupant. A licensed operator must be in the car at all times. The police of Paris punctiliously en-i force the law. The penalties for viola tions of speed and other offenses are fines, suspension of license, revocation of It or imprisonment All machines are fitted with condensers, and on those weighing more than 1200 pounds auxil iary brakes are compulsory. The French law Is excellent In one respect In particular, when It recognizes the fact that the Imposition of a fine for the infraction of the law Is not suf ficient. It Is not a deterrent to lawless men of wealth, who are frequent offend ers and who pay a fine offhand and then go out and repeat the offense.. It Is no privation for a man worth a million to pay a $50 fine, but if you prevent him from operating his ma chine for a month or two he feels the penalty. So the French law wisely pro vides for the suspension of a license, and In case of grave or repeated of fenses, for its repeal and even for the Imprisonment of th operator. The ex perience of General Corbln and John W. Gates In London indicates that British justice is also on the trail of the auto mobile lawbreaker. A DISCOURAGING TASK. When certain ships of the United States Navy sailed away for the Philip pine Islands In 189S to take a hand in whatever came up. It will be remem bered that the cruiser Charleston halted by the way, took In- the Island of Guam, heretofore known only to nautical men and compilers of school geographies, hoisted the Stars and Stripes and sailed away, leaving to the Government the task of making Americans out of the natives. Captain Leary was sent to the island, and with military decision he at once began the work of upbuilding the race of people there domiciled. These people ignorantly and innocently sup posed that they were getting on well enough before, but- Captain Leary set himself diligently to the work of" con vincing them of the error of their ways. They had an annoying habit of ringing their church bells at unseemly hours in the morning, thus disturbing the repose of the Military Governor. He ordered them to abandon this" practice, but kindly permitted them to ring the bells at certain hours that to them had no significance. He found them careless about their personal appearance ex ceedingly so and was pained to find a total lack of Tankee thrift about their homes. So close to primitive Eden and Its customs did these guileless people come that he found them appearing In public clad only in Innocence and a pleasant smile, and so utterly Improvi dent were the young people that they not Infrequently tripped off to the priest and were married, though they pos sessed not so much as half a dozen chickens "or a single breadfruit tree. Manifestly this would, not do for American citizens, although those most intimately concerned seemed to be per fectly satisfied with these conditions. Captain Leary interfered. Bellringlng was shorn of Its significance where it was not Interdicted entirely; an edict went out from the Military Governor's office prescribing that nothing less than a yard of cotton cloth, judiciously be stowed about the loins, should be con sidered apparel fit for the street. Fur thermore, It was decreed that no couple should be married unlens they pos sessed a dozen hens, a rooster and two breadfruit trees. These restrictions, for obvious rea sons, threatened to upset the social fab ric In Guam. Captain Leary was re called. Captain Schroeder was sent out to work the miracle of Americanizing the Guamltes, and warned not to In terfere unnecessarily with their social. Industrial and religious customs. He, too, failed, and saddened knowing it He was told to use all the customs re ceipts of the island for local purposes. There are no customs receipts. There is nothing upon which a tax levy can be based. Congress forgot or neglected to make an appropriation for Americaniz ing the Guamltes, and social, political and financial bankruptcy threaten the island and its people. These things are Interesting as show ing the mistaken and very prevalent idea that, In order' to be happy, and In a tropical sense prosperous, our new found people must come up to the American standard of living. It took Captain Leary but'a few months to find out that the hybrid Inhabitants of Guam knew better than he what man ner of living was suited to their needs and desires. The demonstration seemed to convince Congress of the same thing, hence the failure to make an appropria tion that would permit the work of Americanizing the natives of Guam to be continued by Commander Schroeder. "We may well suppose that the latter is anxiously awaiting his recall from a station In which, owing to the stubborn quality of untutored human nature, there is no chance to distinguish him self either in military or civil lines. AFRAID OP A GENUINE MAN. The Republicans of New York are clearly startled by the radical platform adopted by the Democracy at Saratoga, which includes an unqualified declara tion in favor of the National owner ship and operation of the anthracite coal mines of the United States "by the exercise of the right of eminent domain with just compensation to owners." This proposition stands for radical so cialism, and yet it Is the utterance of David B. Hill, the leader of the "con servative Democracy," who eight years ago in the United States Senate fought the National income tax because of Its socialistic tendency. Ttfls proposition, which demands that the United States shall confiscate the anthracite coal fields "with just compensation to own ers," Is more radical than the most so cialistic utterances of Bryan. Never theless, there Is nothing In the whole Democratic platform that will catch more votes in the Empire State than this resolution, because It expresses, dominant popular feeling of the hour. Practically this resolution would prove a barren Ideality, for the Federal Gov ernment cannot acquire land within the bounds of a state for arsenals, forts, etc., save by consent of the Legislature thereof, and it is more than doubtful whether the corporatlon-rldden Legisla ture, of Pennsylvania would promptly consent to National ownership' of the coal mines. The same New York State Democratic platform contains a denunciation of trusts, which leaves the reader In doubt whether the Democratic party would exterminate all trusts or only regulate them so as to protect the consumer from exactions. The only formidable war cry in the Democratic platform Is this declaration for the National owner ship of the coal mines. The rant about the trusts Is old straw threshed anew, and will not win any votes, but the Na tional ownership of the anthracite coal mines is the note of an up-to-date polit ical war bugle. The Republicans of the East confess that, outside of the coal famine, the party will need all Its votes this year to elect Odell. The New York City Democracy has been so skillfully harmonized that It expects to throw .80,000 majority for Its ticket on election day. The party army chest Is said to be full to overflowing. Financial help from nominal Republicans deep In trusts is said to be counted upon, be cause, while these men do not fear the most radical kind of a Democratic plat form with David B. Hill as its archi tect and executive, thfey do fear the re-election of President Roosevelt. They know that David B. Hill and his "con servative" Democracy are ready to hang out any kind of a dirty rag that will catch the passing breeze, but have no more thought of enacting their plat form after victory than they had of en acting their platform of "tariff for rev enue only,' upon which they were vic torious in 1S92. The New York Republican plutocrats who mean to, help elect "the anti-trust and anti-monopoly" Democratic ticket in November, either by their money or their votes, or by both, are) afraid of Roosevelt, because he means what he says; he is the "terrible child" that is sure to be heard from after his re-election, while they do not fear the Democ racy, because with that party the plat form is merely a campaign band wagon that is voiceless after victory. This fact explains why the plutocratic anti Roosevelt Republicans will vote and work for the election of Coler upon, a far more radical platform than that framed by the Republicans who renomi nated Odell. They are not afraid of Hill; they are not afraid of Coler, while they are afraid of Odell and of Roose velt. Nobody Is afraid of a man armed with a sword of lath painted to look like Iron; nobody Is afraid of a man behind a battery of wooden guns, but everybody is afraid of a loaded rifle in the hands of a marksman who Is sure to shoot to kill; everybody seeks cover from the fire of a genuine battery with a man of deadly skill and purpose be hind- each gun. At the West the Democracy is drop ping "free silver," but in Wisconsin It has recently declared its opposition to the reform of primary elections in the state and the equal assessment of pri vate with corporate property. .In 111! nols and Indiana and Wisconsin the tax-dodging railroads seem to have captured the Democratic organization. In Michigan the state issue Is equal tax ation and hostility to an Imperious rail road corporation, but the antl.-silver minority in the Bryanlte Democratic State Convention was hostile to any real attack upon the railroads. Every convention In a state of any great po litical Importance which has pretended to Ignore the Democratic National plat form of 1900 has openly or covertly put the Democratic party organization of that state into close alliance with the political plutocrats of the country. The New York Democracy is, in spite of its platform, In the hands of the plutocrats of both parties, and here lies the dan ger of Republican defeat in November. No plutocrat isafrald of a party whose leaders are Hill and Gorman, any more than they were In 1892; the only honest. sincere end of the National Democracy is its Western Populist wing, largely composed of comparatively dull. Illiter ate men, who still believe In free silver at 16 to 1 sincerely, because genuine lunacy Is Inevitably sincere. This Western Populist wing Bryan probably will continue to control, but as for the "conservative Democracy of the East," It. is nothing but a smooth faced hypoprite and well-groomed polit ical gambler, and the best proof of this Is the fact that all the wealthy antl Roosevelt Republicans will help elect the Democratic ticket with a platform far more radical than Roosevelt. But then Roosevelt is a man tojbe afraid of, while a Democratic platform Is not a man at all, only a band wagon full of sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. The conviction of Frederick W. Ames, late Chief of Police of Minneapolis, by the favor of his brother, A. A. Ames, ex-Mayor of that city, for accepting bribes in his official capacity, was the result of a sensational trial wjilch has attracted the attention of the entire country. Other city officials Involved In this gigantic municipal scandal await trial on similar charges, with almost a certainty of conviction. The details of their official career as brought out were those of fleecing helpless victims by police and criminals, of preying upon Immoral women, of a proposed traffic In dead bodies, etc., the whole revealing a shameless alliance between officials and crooks at once appalling and disgusting. Ames was sentenced to 6& years in the Penitentiary for his part In this grand municipal collusion with vice. He was one "of seven, includ ing his brother, the Mayor, who were Indicted last June by an unusually alert and fearless grand Jury. The result of his trial leaves but little reason to sup pose that the others will escape Just penalty. The story of municipal cor ruption Involves them all to a greater or less extent, and has been brought out by a vigorous prosecution that Is In every sense commendable. There Is no disposition In any quarter to shield these men from the penalty of violated law, and their apprehension, conviction and punishment should have a salutary effect upon official leeches in other cities who are full fed upon vlc, pan dering to it for their own profit. The burning of several business blocks in Gervais Sunday night will prove but a temporary misfortune, since the buildings were outdated struc tures and the losses were very generally covered by insurance. This means that substantial buildings will In a short time take the place of those that were destroyed. The town is the trade cen ter for a large farming section;- Its citi zens are enterprising, and its location is excellent. There Is no. doubt but Its present calamity will contribute to its future prosperity by clearing the way for buildings adequate to the needs of its growing business. As is usual In such cases, the hardship of being sud denly unhoused by fire will fall mostly upon these whose losses, though small, represented their ail In business, and whese stock was not covered by insur ance. But for sufferers of this class it might not be amiss to congratulate the people of Gervais upon the work of the flames as clearing the way for build ings more in keeping with the enter prising trades-people of the town and the business demand of the surrounding country. It is said that the Czar of Russia be lieves that the Emperor of Germany Is mildly Insane, and has so expressed himself to members of his family. The Kaiser's private opinion of the Czar has not been made public, but It may be surmised that it does not differ greatly from the Russian ruler's estimate of him. The faint possibility that this view may be correct suggests possibili ties of confusion worse confounded when considered In connection with the mighty missiles that each of these mon archs Is prepared to hurl at the other should the trembling mental balance of either be lost. What to do with the discharged sol diers who are returning by thousands from South Africa, able-bodied and In need of work, Is a puzzle which the British War Office Is striving in vain to solve. The short road to the solution of a problem of this kind in the United States is through the Pension Bureau, via Congress. They Favor Cuban Reciprocity. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Almost all of the Eastern correspond ents have got it into their heads that be cause Tawney, McCleary, Stevens and Fletcher were renominated, two of them without any opposition and two by large majorities over their competitors, Minne sota is opposed to Cuban reciprocity. No one knows better than the Congressmen themselves that trils is not true. They were renominated not because of their attitude on this question but in spite of It because they had proved themselves ex perienced and useful men, whom the peo ple of their districts were averse to throw ing out for new members without ex perience or Influence. Having lost three of its experienced Congressman, Minnesota could not afford to lose any more. Fur thermore, there was not one of the Con gressmen who was not kept busy explain ing to his constituents that he was not opposeiMo Cuban reciprocity, but only to certain feature of the particular bill un der consideration, and that he was In thorough accord with the President. Whether or not the latter claim squares with the facts, the diligent use made of both arguments indicated that there was not misconception in the minds of any of the delegation as to the attitude of the people of Minnesota toward Cuban reciprocity. The delegation will probably not vote Indiscriminately for any bill that is offered, "but every mother's son of them ia pledged to support an honestly drawn measure!. - Indians Getting; CIvllIxed. New York Sun. It Is many years since the Tuscarora Indians have held a "condolence," a cere mony which the red men Is similar to the inauguration of a President by the whites. In explanation of this an old chief says that the Indians no longer look upon the ceremony of a "condolence" with the reverence of old. The Tuscaroras are the adopted children of the Six Nations, and they say that the Onondagas, the fire keepers of the nation, practically have disqualified themselves for this honorable position, and that the Tuscaroras no longer look up to them as children are wont -to do to a parent for advice and help. From these feelings between the adopted chil dren and the leading tribe of the Six Na tions, it in evident that the Indians are clinging closer to civilization and the white man's customs, and that a chasm Is open ing between the Indian tribes of the state. As a result of this severance of tribal relations, -the Indians of Western New York are looking forward to citi SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS One Way ot Looking; nt It. Likevlew Examiner. It will be a long time before the people consent to destroy the present prosperity even for the sake of destroying the trusts. Imperialism No Longer an Issne. Weiser World. Thank Heaven we don't hear the Demo cratlc orators talking about Imperialism j any more. One by one their lssucc; van Ish. Gracious, Has It Come to Thisr Aberdeen Sun. The President having failed to make an Impression on those interested in the strike the only remedy now Is an ap peal to God Almighty. Little Poorer, After AU. Astoria Astorian. The President of the United States has little power after all. He has to beg both libor and capital obstinate mules both of them, at times. Good Shall Come of Evil. Seattle Times. If the hardships caused to certain in dustries by this coal strike shall teach them the folly of utter dependence upon one set of men, then some good will have come out of it. Independence at the. Price of Churl ishness. Salem Journal. All the echoes of the Portland Ore gonlan says $500,000 for the Portland Jair, but none of them ask where the money ls to come from. Who wouldn't be an echo?" Socialism Preferable to Anarchy. Milton Eagle. The Democratic state platform in New York declares for Government ownership of anthracite coal mines. This, of course, would mem socialism, but If a choice must be mide between socialism and the present state of anarchy, give us social ism. The people would at least be able to procure coal to keep them from freez ing. Where He Always Was Popular. Dayton Dispatch. If President Roosevelt effects an equitable settlement of the strike diffi culties, he will naturally strengthen his chances for a large vote among the people for President if the money powers should not defeat him for the nomina tion. In that case the voters would hardly stand by a man that was put up by the monopolies over Mr. Roose velt. Must Be Made n Snccess. McMlnnvllle Telephone-Register. The directors of the Lewis and Clark, Fair are considering the amount that the Legislature ought to appropriate in aid of the exposition. Five hundred thousand dollars is the sum oftenest named as be ing about the proper thing. .It Is said that the amount could be raised on two levies of 1 mills each. It seems that tne state ought to be very liberal in this matter and set a good example for tne neighboring states and the general gov ernment. The fair must be made a suc cess. Not "Knocking," but "Rapping." Waltsburg Times. The "knocker" has no plice In any community, and any place is better off without the fellow who says that the town he lives in is no good, that the people are not enterprising, that It will never go ahead, etc., etc.; but on the other hand there are a whole -lot of people In every community that need waking up, and an occasional crack on the knuckles Is a good thing. There is a vast difference between "knocking" and a "rapping" sometimes, and some communities need vigorous application of the latter. Outloolc for "Old Willnmette. Salem Statesman. President ColQman, of Willamette Uni versity, expresses the belief that the debt of the institution will be paid by the first of the year, less than three months hence. Evidently some more good news in prospect. If this can be accomplished, and the endowment fund increased to $100,000, the year 1903 will see the beginning of great things for the school. It will go forward with a steady swing that will do great credit to the patronizing church In the Northwest, and great good to the city where It Is located. Of Much Benefit to Eastern Oregon. Union Republican. The state experiment station at Union Is destined to become of untold benefit to the eistern part o'f the state. Ad ditional funds for the maintenance of the station will be asked of the Legis lature at the approaching session, and It is believed If the real merits of the in stitution can be understood by the law makers at Salem, Just recognition will be given and the station given sufficient funds with which to carry on the work commensurate with its importance. The executive committee of the Board of Regents. In Its recent report, says It has been agreed to ask .for an appropri ation of $20,000 for the making of improve ments on the farm and the erection of needed buildings. The Gambling Issue. Eugene Register. No city or community can afford to leave as a legacy to the rising generation the theory that the success of local gov ernment Is based upon how much vice and crime can be Injected into it for rcv nue's sake. Such conditions are a men ace'' to good government; and are the very foundation of all the rottenness in local politics and municipal affairs such as ex emplifies Itself ever and anon in our mc- If Portland wants to purify Its politics It must begin by curmng tne vices mat. nrovnii unA Hirht now It has a city gov ernment with nerve requisite to do that very thing. The city has begun right by refusing to uninMc the eates of resnectabllity to free access of every known vice, and the course being pursued meets tne nearty ap proval of the entire state, wnen Port land becomes the model our less preten tious cltleo will proceed at once to cut the cloth of municipal government after the same pattern. Tribute to Governor Whitenker. Eugene Guard. John Whlteaker Is dead! Dead among the people some of whom, at least, first knew him in the flush of young and vigor ous manhood, then in maturer years, and latterly when old age had brought the frailties so well described In holy writ, though not affecting the bluff though kindly disposition of the old man. John Whlteaker was a character. He lived his own life without regard to the prejudices of others, no matter how inti mate he might have been with them. Hie sturdy, rugged nature despised shams and frauds, and even firm friends were not secure from his sharp shafts of irony when they tried to appear other than they were. He was often spoken of an "Hon est John Whlteaker." While men deserve no particular credit for being honest, it may well be said that John Whlteaker deserved the name in every particular. He was honest In private business. In the man" responsible public positions he filled, and, better still, perhaps. In his opinions. He curried no favor, allowed jio man to mold, him to his will. He was himself. He will come and go no more among us, yet his influence will not cease to live In the state for which he so well helped lay the deep and substantial foundations'. It was a kindly ending of a well-rounded life. TARIFF COMMISSION 1 COMMENDED Xews Gathered by trie Jf. Y. Commercial. Abram S. Hewitt, Well - Known Democrat. I am free to, say that the tariff undoubt edly needs revision. This revision, in or der to be Intelligent, must be preceded by an exhaustive Inquiry into the condi tion of every branch of manufacture and its relation to the export and Import trade of the country. No committee of Congress can by any possibility make such an Investigation, and therefore a commission should be entrusted with the work nnd report to Congress before any legislation is Initiated. I do not think that a permanent commission will be necessary, but there ought to exist in tho Treasury Department a permanent board of customs, where .the necessary informa tion can be accumulated and made availa ble to all Inquiries, whether in Congress or out of it. The statistical bureau fur nishes in the main the necessary informa tion, so far as figures are concerned, but it has no Jurisdiction over grievances of any kind and no power of Investigation. The board of oustoms ought to be charged with this duty In order that the new condition?, which are constantly de veloped by the growth of the country, may have proper consideration, and any evils which may result may be promptly removed. Andrew Carnegie, the Steel King. My opinion Is that tho tariff as a pro tective measure has lost much of its im portance, and is now to be considered principally in regard to revenue. A permanent commission, such as Is suggested, would have to do something, and woiild therefore always be meddling. when what Is needed is a period of rest- between changes. As for reciprocity, there Is very little In it, in my opinion, not enough to jus tify the Irritation and disappointment in cident to it.. I had the great pleasure of knowing Mr. Blaine intimately and of conferring with him upon this matter, j His Idea was that we should arrange-reciprocity with the South American republics es pecially, admitting their products free, which we do not produce here, and they in turn admitting ours free, but I know now that the South American republics cannot give us any preference without offending European nations, with whom them have important- commercial rela tions. General William F. Draper, ex-Ambassador to Italy. Talcing the tariff out of politics has a pleasing sound, but I am one of those who believe that it cannot be taken out and ought not to be. Something can be done, however, to minimize the depression to business which always results from uncertainty pending tariff legislation. The prosperity of the past two or three years is, to my mind, an Indication that the present tariff is well suited to our Na tional needs, but no instrument is perfect, and changing circumstances will proba bly make Borne changes necessary every few years. Such a commission as tho Commercial proposes could ascertain what changes. If any, are desirable, with a view to simplifying and expediting ne work of Congress when the -subject Is again taken up. John II. Converse, Bnldirin Locomo tive Works. I think a permanent Tariff and Reci procity Commission would be an admira ble thing and go a long way to keep tariff and reciprocity, which, under our present system, go together, on a surer basis. If the bill to authorize a new department of commerce and labor goes through, the commission might properly be associated with it. My thought Is that It should be appointed by the President, and while, of course, Congress would con tinue the body of last resort, the recom mendation of the commlrsion would nat urally carry great weight. John Butler Smith, ex-Governor of New Hampshire. Tariff changes are needed in the chang ing conditions of our Industrial life and growth. Reciprocal trade is a popular idea with our people. Such a conception and development of the reciprocity idea as shall not nullify protection, but be in harmony with its true principles would be a great boon to our country. All this, in my opinion, Includes pro tection to American ships, that we may do our own ocean carrying. These much desired results could be greatly aided by a competent commission. "Marrying in haste and repenting at leisure" has too often characterized tariffs and treaties; hence I warmly indorse the Commercial's suggestion of a tariff and reciprocity commission. It will be the shortest road to needed changes, because It will furnish in advance the information that other wise Congress muottake a long time to get. David N. Parry, President Nntionnl Manufacturers' Association. It is the very thing that should have been done long ago. The tariff question is not necessarily one of politics, and It ought to have been taken out of politics like the money question. Long before this every one has acquiesced in the Judg ment of the monetary commission. You don't hear anything 'about dollars now. The tariff question is one of so many In tricacies and so- far-reaching in Its rela tion to business matters that It ought not to be put In the hands of jacks of all trades, but In the hands of a specific com mission that would give it Its' entire time and attention. If this commission should be made up of the best advised men, the question would be settled for years to come by their action. As to the sentiment among manufac turers regarding a commission, I believe it is universally in favor of one. The only dissenters would be the politicians, who would have nothing to talk about. From a business point of view the appoint ment of a commission is the proper thing, for the commission would make a study of the question and reach conclusions that would make no disturbance in business. ThaddcnH S. SharretM, Special Com missioner of the United States to China. I have read with a great deal of- inter est the remarks of President Roosevelt at Indianapolis, suggesting the creation of a commission whose duty it should be to revise the tariff. I concur fully In the view expressed by the President that it would be advisable to take the tariff as far as practicable out of politics. I also con cur heartily with his views as to the ne cessity of protecting American mechan ics arid manufacturers against the cheaper labor nnd cheaper raw material of other countries. It seems to me that a commission of competent men, whose duty It would be to revise the tariff at such frequent Inter vals as the conditions of trade required, would minimize the disturbances which af fect the commerce of the country on the occasion of a general tariff revision. It would seem to me that proper duties could be established by a comparison of Imports with kindred domestic articles. When the imports greatly exceeded the domestic production the duties on such goods could be Increased, while goods that are manufactured altogether in foreign countries, and do not affect the commerce of our country might have the duties thereon lessened materially without Injur ing our home manufactures. Judge SomervIHe, Chairman of Board of Classifications of the U. S. General Appraisers. I have for many years advocated the es tablishment of such a commission as a wise and useful step toward the advance ment of a tariff reform in which both of the political parties can participate with out sacrifice of principle. Such a commission should be composed of not less than seven men, who should be selected, partly with reference to locality, so as to have represented every section of the country; but especially with reference to their high character, acknowledged abil ity and fairness ot judgment It should be nonpartisan, and not bipartisan, as far as practicable. ' ' . ' NOTE AND COMMENT. You Can't Always Tell. When I came down, as usual, this morn ing to my work, I brought my new umbrella down all right. But I left It at the barber's where -I stopped to get a shave. And I never thought of. It again till night Now you know what always comes to pass in cases of this kind, Tou can guess what happened then when I went back; I looked for that umbrella in the shop as I went home And found it where I left It In the rack. Young Spender rushed me out of ten a month or more ago; He'd got a telegram or some such guff; He did It all so sudden that'I hadn't time to think, And thoughtlessly I parted with the stuff. He's never known -to pay a debt; he dodged me op thr street. His damnable behavior made me hot. You can easy guess what happened when I asked him for the stuff, Why4he punglcd .up the ten upon tho spot. Old Moneybags was dying, and his useless, scapegrace son. Was never known to draw a sober breath; And everybody knew the will would surely cut him off. " Or otherwise he'd drink himself to death. And when the will was opened, you can guess what It contained. For chanties and churches I don't think; For it left, his whole possessions to Young Moneybags intact, y And he's never . since been kr.own to take a drink. If you're watchful as you go along, you'll very often see Bread and butter falling right side up with care: It will often turn out chilly, when you take your overcoat. And when ycu leave It home the day'll te fair. If the thirteenth Is on Friday, you will often have good luck. Many trees grow different from the twig's incline: Still waters sometimes run no deeper than the noisiest. Fine birds are often made by feathers fine You will very often gain in speed by mere ly making haste. The cat that leaves you seldom will come back; You will often find a deal of smoke, wlta- out a spark of fire. ' And the shipwrecked youth may double on his track. You're sure of one thing, and that is of nothing you are sure. Wise savings oft are contradictions flat; Kind Providence has ordered that the men who know it all Are frequently found talking through their hat. The pennant Is ours for four more days. The Phoenix can now be addressed at Gervais, Or. Deacon Bacr seems to have' convinced Governor Stone that the Lord Is on the side of the heaviest artillery. Talking for publication and. talking be fore a grand jury appear to require dif ferent brands of vocal ability. The late Mr. Bryan still moans about our "apparent prosperity." It is appar ent to everybody but Mr. Bryan. A French duel lasted' 25 minutes, and then the doctors took a hand. The duel ists, kept "out ot danger" as long as fMy could. The chauffeur of the Portland's White Flyer automobile says he does not run fast; people simply think It -is fast This Is not a mlle-a-mlnute country. The Irrigation Congress misses a great chance if It declines to put new life into the Trans-Mississippi Congress. It 13 about the most arid body in the world. The G. A. It is worrying a deal about the proposal to build a monument for R. E. Lee. Along about 1S62 a scheme to provide a tombstone for the General would have received a large and enthus iastic subscription from the G. A. R. In his "Reminiscences" Frederick Gooa all tells a story of the Duke of Wellington as an art connoisseur. He paid Wllkie 600 guineas for his. "Chelsea Pensioners" and laboriously counted out the amount lh cash. When the artist suggested tha$ It would be less trouble to write a check, the great duke retorted that he would not let his bankers know "what a damn fool t have been to spend 600 guineas for a pic ture." Tho site of the lost Indian city, Mas coutens, which was reported as having 20,000 inhabitants In 1675. has been deter mined by the labors of Thomas Cllthero, of Portage, Wis., now extended over many years. It was the largest city In all In dian history, so far as United StatC3 territory is concerned, and the descrip tions of the Jesuits in the course of tho 17th century, closing with Marquette and Joilet In 1673, ore oald to have been veri fied. A student at Berkeley contributes the following: Many ludicrous mistakes are made by foreigners in grasping the mean ing of some of our common English ex pressions. -Ayoung German attending the university translated "The spirit 13 willing, but the flesh Is weak" into "The ghost Is willing, but the meat is not able." And a Filipino youth fairly set the class in an uproar by the statement that "Out of sight, out of mind" meant "The invisi ble is Insane." PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Hlllls Whtw! Why do you have your offlce as hot as an oven? Wlllls-Ifs where I make my dally bread. Town and Country- "So you are going to pet an automobile?" "Yes " answered the man who is always think ing of his health. "The doctor says I mtist walk more." Washington Star. While splitting rail the other day our leading poet severely sprained both his hands, and now he cannot lift a glass of "moonshine" to his lips without assistance. Atlanta Constitution. "Alice says that book she's reading is very good " "Yes. she even got so Interested in It in the street-car that she let several women get up and go out without looking up to sea how their dresses hung." Philadelphia Even ing Bulletin. "Why." said the Indignant housekeeper, "I gave you a piece of cake last week, sir!" "YeB'm," replied Weary "Willie, "but dey's been so many tragedies lately I wanted t' ea yer mind by showin' y dat I'm still UvinV Baltimore News. "What do you conceive to be the solution ot the trust problem. Senator?" asked his constit uent. "Well." said Senator Lotsmun, "the trusts will have to be wiped out. of course, but It's got to be done with a chloroformed rag. so they wont know It." Chicago Evening Post. "The Hindoos," declared the returned trax--eler, "have a lfgend that once upon a time for a whole year every one on earth was drunk." "I suppose." ventured the little man In tha corner, "that that is what Is meant by 'the ful ness of time. which is so often referred to." Baltimore American. Tess You remember that silly fellow whom May Poser rejected? He committed suicide to day. Jess Gracious! I suppose May feels aw ful about it. Tess Yes, Indeed. You see ho neglected to leave a note for the newspapers to publish declaring her to be the cause of It Philadelphia Press. i